haleine

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French aleine, deverbal from alener (“to breathe”), from Medieval Latin anhēlō by metathesis. The h appeared around the 16th century under the influence of Latin hālō (“to blow”).

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haleine f (plural haleines)

  1. breath
    • 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 4, scene 2:
      Tout hors d’haleine il prend pourtant sa place
      All out of breath he took nonetheless his place
  2. breathing, respiration

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